SOUNDS GOOD TO US Jo Patton, Clarinet This year, with our new Head of Artistic planning, Anna Melville, in situ, it was with genuine curiosity & interest that I opened the new brochure. It’s a great new Season with something for everyone but I surprised myself by looking for the curious, challenging, maybe more unusual programmes – perhaps the desire to mix things up and create different experiences is the result of a different type of connection & creativity during the pandemic for me? I am really looking forward to our Street Music concert in December (Thursday 1 December, 7.30pm) – I love the idea of putting Ellington with Stravinsky! I also love the idea of pairing Vivaldi and Piazzolla in our Four Seasons concert at the Town Hall on 22 April. The Orchestral Qawwali Project (Saturday 6 May, 7.30pm) also looks amazing! It will be great to explore more South Asian music and it looks like it’ll be a really inclusive experience with poetry, dance, and song too – I’ll definitely be doing a bit of YouTubing before that concert! I am also delighted to see Alpesh make a return for Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony No.5 (Wednesday 7 December, 2.15pm), with our own amazing leader Eugene Tzikindelean playing the Nielsen concerto. The fabulous Fabian Gabel returns for a gorgeous programme of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, Ravel’s La Valse and one of my all-time favourites, the Suite from Der Rosenkavalier in January (Thursday 19 January, 7.30pm). Last, but by no means least, my good friend
& section leader Oli Janes plays the Mozart concerto in a brilliant programme conducted by another favourite, Ryan Bancroft in November (Wednesday 2 November, 2.15pm). Pauline Cuff, Receptionist As part of the reception team, I am in the privileged position of being able to listen to orchestra rehearsals happening literally behind me and I have a lot of contact with the players as they go about their business. As a romantic at heart, I choose Romeo & Juliet (Wednesday 15 March, 7.30pm) and to see Mirga lead the orchestra for this will be awesome. Graham Sibley, Tuba Every new Season is something to look forward to, and with the transition to a new Music Director and finally putting the long silences of Covid behind us, this coming Season has given that sense of anticipation even more zest than usual. From my perch up in the terraces I enjoy a privileged position to enjoy what looks to be a particularly exciting and varied experience in the rich acoustic of Symphony Hall; so, I thought it might be a bit different to share a tuba player’s view on what I’m eager to play among the perennial favourites and also, some of the perhaps less familiar works that you may have missed in the past.
RODERICK WILLIAMS – VAUGHAN WILLIAMS AT 150: MYSTICAL SONGS Thurday 10 November 2022, 7.30pm
SIMON HÖFELE – STREET MUSIC Thurday 1 December 2022, 7.30pm
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ALPESH CHAUHAN: SHOSTAKOVICH’S FIFTH SYMPHONY Wednesday 7 December 2022, 2.15pm
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